Freshmen - last but not least

Gabby William

Wow. Look at those guns. Remind you of anyone?

Yeah, me too.

Gabby is the best athlete to come to Uconn since, well, you know who. She is Kelly Faris on steroids. Ok, not really. Don't call the NCAA. But I think you are get my point.

As everyone knows, Gabby was the best HS high jumper in the country. She finished 5th at the Olympic trials at the tender age of 15.

A lot of elevation there. Think she can jump a little bit? We can only hope that she still has her explosiveness. She is still not cleared for 5-5 work, but she is doing every other drill in practice and without a knee brace. All positive signs.

Gabby has the complete skill set and is only working harder to get better. Limited by her knee rehab she took hundreds of shots, working on her outside shooting.

Here's a highlight video from her sophomore season. Set to music, they repeat a lot of plays...over....and over...and over again. But you can see her skill level and boy is she smooth.

Similarly to Morgan Tuck, she was ranked at close to the top of her class before her injuries.  

 

So, how will this talented freshman impact Uconn this year? Hard to say. I'm sure her minutes will be limited early as Geno gauges how healthy she is and how she confidently she plays after her second ACL. If she displays her physicality on the court in her limited minutes early on, her time will increase. We will easily see her world class athletic skills. But that might not happen until the last 3rd of the season.

 

"I don’t have any fears,” she added. “It’s something that you always think about when you first have surgery … ‘Oh man, when I come back I’ll probably always have it in the back of mind.’ But the better you feel, you just go out and play and it’s like nothing ever happened.”

 

Let's all hope so!! We all want to see plenty of this!!!